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Show that in SHM the ratio of acceleration and displacement of a particle always remains unchanged.

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For particle of mass m executing SHM,
F = -kx [k = constant]
or, ma = -kx
or, `a/x=-k/m` [a = acceleration]
`therefore" "a/x` = constant
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